Friday, October 3, 2008

The other day, I gave Micah a fortune cookie. The fortune said, "Your career path looks bright." I said, "Wow, Micah. Maybe you'll be a doctor when you grow up." He looked at me and said, "No! A football player!" I'm still laughing about that one.

Today is Abby's 1st birthday. Happy Birthday! I can't believe that one year ago today, we had just had our beautiful little Abigail. She has grown and changed so much in a year. It's amazing how much she has already learned. She does Peek-A-Boo, waves hi and bye, walks while holding onto something, babbles constantly, and says, "ma ma", "dada", "baba" (bottle), "hi", "bye bye", and we swear she said "Sponge bob" once. She also does the signs for all done, more, and love you. It's so cute when she pats her chest to say, "Love you!" She loves to play with cars and follows Micah all over the house. She adores him and if he is around, she just looks as him like he walks on water. She makes noises to get his attention and even wrestles with him. They are the best of friends and it couldn't be more sweet.

We love our little Abby so much and feel so blessed to have her. What a great life we live!

This is a picture of Abby that I took today. The only way I could get her to hold still for a second was to let her climb in her car seat. She loves to climb in and out of that thing, but absolutely hates being strapped in.

Tonight, we had a little birthday party for her. It was just the four of us and it was tons of fun. We had Hostess cupcakes with candles in them. I put a pink candle in Abby's and when Micah saw it, he insisted on having a candle in his too. So, I put a green one in his. Before I got close enough to Abby though, Micah blew the candles out. It was cute and Abby didn't mind. She had her eye on the cupcakes and just wanted to eat.

She loved the cupcake. She ate almost the entire thing. It was so cute to see her get it all over her hands and face. It got all over the rest of her too, which is exactly why we took her shirt off.

Can't you just see how much she in enjoying it?

I love this picture because she looks so proud of herself.

Micah also had a blast. He loves Hostess cupcakes, so he was in heaven. He knows what it means to have a birthday party, so he was so excited all day long.

This is what Micah looked like when his cupcake was all gone. Right after I took the picture, he asked for another one.

After we finished off the cupcakes, we put Abby's shirt back on and took her to the living room to open some presents. Her big party is on Saturday, so we only gave her two of her gifts. As you can see from this picture, Micah was a big help opening them.

She got a set of five soft cars from Micah and a cute little musical turtle from daddy. I guess my gift was her outfit. I bought her tons of clothes, but didn't bother to wrap them because I knew she wouldn't get excited about them.

Abby and her turtle. Heath really wanted to get her a special gift just from him. When we went shopping, he immediately saw this and showed it to her. She loved it and played with it (while it was still in the package) all the way out the store and back to the house. I had to pry it out of her hands to put it away for her actual birthday.

She loved playing with the gift bags and the tissue paper.

Here is Micah showing Abby how to play with the cars he got her. When we took him shopping for a gift to give Abby, he saw these and just knew they were exactly what she would like. He was right too- she loves them.

It was so cute watching them play with Abby's new toys. Micah kept telling her, "Share your birthday toys with me, k."

Here is a picture of Abby and her daddy. Abby adores her dad and lets him torture her when he holds her down and smothers her with kisses. She gets so excited when he comes home each day. She crawls over to him and makes cute little noises until he picks her up. Once she's in his arms, she smiles from ear to ear.

Okay, so I broke down and actually put a picture of myself on here. I figure it was such a nice day, I don't really care how I look. I just feel like the luckiest mom in the world to have the two most beautiful children. They keep me busy and challenge me on a daily basis, but I wouldn't change it for anything. I love my life. :)

Happy Birthday, Abby! We love you!

For the past six weeks, Micah has been playing soccer. His team is DC United. He finished up last Saturday. Here is a picture of his team doing a cheer. They did lots of cute cheers to get the kids excited about what they had just done or what they were going to be doing next.

Here is Micah waiting in line for a piece of candy. I think this was his favorite part of each day.

Last Saturday, we played kids against parents. The kids scored 5 goals and the poor parents couldn't even manage one. Each of the kids scored too. It was lots of fun and Micah was quite proud of himself when he got his goal.

Just a cute picture of Heath and Abby that I took awhile back. Too cute not to post.

The Garner's

Here we are in one of the few family pics we have. Heath and I have been married for 9 years. Heath is the Director of Accounting at a Skilled Nursing Faciltiy and runs his own Accounting/Bookkeeping buisness. He enjoys golfing and playing basketball. I enjoy cooking, shopping, and staying home with my two beautiful children.

Micah Heath

This is Micah. He is 5-years-old and is a sweetheart. He just started Kindergarten and loves it!. He loves to ride his scooter and his bike, play Wii, swim, and he loves Mighty Beanz. He hates to eat most foods, but loves chocolate milk and Hershey's candy bars.

Abigail Valerie aka "Abby"

This is our little Abby. She is almost 3-years-old and is very fiesty. She is always on the move and lets you know what she wants and when she wants it. She loves to play with Micah, her babies, jump on the trampoline, and ride her scotter. She is fun loving, sweet, and adds just the right amount of spunk to our family.

Abigail Valerie Garner

Our little Abby.

Just a Few Minutes Old

I'm a Big Brother

Micah loves being a big brother. He is very gentle and affectionate with Abby. He calls her "Baby Babby."

My Three Favorite People

Proud Papa, Big Brother, and Little Sister

See How Tiny She Is

Here is a full body shot of Abby. She is just so tiny.

Okay Sleeper

Abby is an okay sleeper. She usually sleeps for about two hours at a time. However, last nite, she did go almost three hours. Even though she doesn't sleep as long as I would like, she sure looks cute doing it.

Grandma & Abby

Thanks so much to my mom and dad for taking Micah for the first 4 days after Abby was born. Also, thanks to them for staying with us for five more days to help out at home. It was like having our own nanny, as mom cooked and cleaned for us. Thanks so much! We really appreciate you!

Little Angel

Here is Abby in her bouncer seat. I was really excited that this bow would stay on her head. Her head is so tiny that most of her cute little bows are way too big.

Happy Birthday Uncle Cory!

Like I've said before, Micah loves playgrounds. Here he is playing on one of those metal bouncy animals you see frequently at McDonald's Play Land. What you can't tell from this picture is that we were actually at a park in SLC celebrating Cory's birthday. While everyone else was eating Carne Asada Tacos, Spanish rice, fruit salad, and Tres Leches cake, Micah was running around trying out every piece of play equipment. It was a fun day and it was nice to spend Cory's birthday wtih the family.

Funny Story...

A few nights back, I was getting the bath ready for Micah. He was really hot and sweaty because he had gone on a walk with daddy. On the walk, they ran into our neighbors, who also have a two-year-old little boy. So, while daddy talked to the neighbor, Micah and Jacob ran around the yard and jumped on the trampoline. Anyway, I guess I wasn't getting the bath ready fast enough because when I went to get Micah to get him undressed, I found him already in the tub. He was completely dressed, except for one shoe, and he had his favorite Nemo bath toy in the tub with him. I called Heath into the bathoom to see what had happened and Micah just looked at him like, "You should have been faster."

Micah & His Grandpa

Micah loves his grandparents. In this picture, my dad was laying on the couch, watching tv, when Micah just climbed right up and joined him. It was so cute I had to get it on film.

Micah & Some Random Little Boy

When we were in Annabella for the 4th of July, Micah made friends with this little boy. We don't know who he is or anything about him, other than the fact that he and Micah played really well together.

Micah & the Cat

Micah loves animals. When we visit my parents in Annabella, he loves to play with their cat. Here he is laying on the front porch talking to the cat. None of us were quite sure what he was saying, but he seemed to have a lot to say.

So Cute...

This picture is just too cute not to share.

Micah & Daddy Swinging

Micah loves his daddy, especially when they're playing together.

One of Micah's Favorite Things...

One of Micah's favorite things to do is play on a slide. One nite, we took him to a local park to feed the ducks. He was interested in the ducks, but quickly lost interest when he realized there was also a playground nearby. He literally went down this slide 100 times.

Micah and His Gampy

This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago when Heath's parents were out here visiting. When it was time to leave, Micah held onto Gampy and wouldn't let him go. Later in the day, when Micah woke up from his nap, the first thing he asked for was Gampy. When Heath reminded him that his grandparents had gone home, Micah sadly said, "Popi gone bye bye." I should probably explain some of the teminology used in this post. We call Grandma and Grandpa Garner, "Gammy" and "Gampy." That is how grandparents are referred to in Jamaica. Heath started it when Micah was born and it just caught on. Micah can't quite say the words yet, so his versions are "Mammy" and "Popi".

A Homemade Water Slide

While in Rexburg, we filled the wading pool full of water and then put the Little Tykes slide right in it. Micah caught on quickly and had a blast sliding down it . As you can tell from this picture, he had a great time! In fact, he had so much fun that we had to physically remove him from the pool and put him straight in the bath tub.

Cave Falls

Last weekend, we spent several days in Rexburg, visiting Heath's family. After church on Sunday, we took a drive to Cave Falls. The falls were beautiful and Micah was fascinated. I snapped this picture of my two favorite boys. As you can tell, I'm one lucky girl. :)

New Clothes

We tried to get a pic of Micah in his new church outfit, but we couldn't get him to put the Elmo chair down.

Check out the Birthday Boy!

Birthday Boy

Micah loves this Elmo chair. It was a gift from Grandma & Grandpa Dunn.